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Kamov took job of chief designer in factory at Smolensk opened 1939 to make production autogyros (beginning with A-7-Za). Kamov obtained permission to build a side-by-side observation machine with side doors. The AK was fitted with tricycle gear, a single fin rudder on struts from rotor head and main gears, and no wings. Work was delayed by evacuation in July 1941 but work restarted at a new facility in Lake Baikal region in 1942. The project was abandoned 1943 because of termination of interest by VVS.